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Governor imposes martial law on Freestone County
On this day in 1871, Governor Edmund J. Davis imposed martial law on Freestone County in response to reports of coercion and fraudulent voting in the county seat, Fairfield, during the election of October 3-6. Martial law was lifted a month later, on November 10. Freestone County was one of four Texas counties in which martial law was declared during Reconstruction.
- Links to Related Handbook of Texas Online Articles
- DAVIS, EDMUND JACKSON
- FREESTONE COUNTY
- RECONSTRUCTION
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